Snowy Owl (at sunset)
Bubo scandiacus
Notes:
The warm glow of the setting sun shown on this white owl. The last picture without the glow was taken just a few seconds after the sun set.
Salisbury, Massachusetts, USA
Spotted on Jan 8, 2014
Submitted on Jan 9, 2014
7 Comments
cbenito00, I agree, these owls are amazing. And I can never get tired of seeing them:-)
Amazing!!!!! Just an amazing bird!
Thanks Leuba and Bill good luck finding a snowie.
Great shots, Tom. Thanks !!
Greats resources! Thanks!
Thanks Bill. This year is your best chance to see another Snowy Owl. Check out this map on Ebird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/wp-conten...
You can check out the bird reports in Illinois for Snowies on the ABA site here: http://birding.aba.org/maillist/IL
Absolutely gorgeous! I've only seen one in my lifetime and that was probably 25 years ago. I'm jealous Tom!